Kate Elizabeth Hansen (born June 9, 1992) is an American luger who has
competed since 2003. In 2008, she became the youngest Junior World
Champion, at age fifteen.Hansen has been competing since 2003. She
would practice luge in California by riding a skateboard down hills on
her back. In 2008, at the age of fifteen, she was the youngest-ever
Junior World Champion. She has been on the United States National Team
since 2007, and she finished 16th in the women's singles at a World
Cup event in Calgary on November 21, 2009. Hansen won the USA Luge
National Championship in October 2013 with a broken foot. In January
2014 she was the U.S. Olympic Committee's athlete of the month. She
finished 10th place in the Sochi 2014 Olympics.Hansen appeared in the
Olympics for the first time at Sochi 2014, where she had a 10th-place
finish with a time of 3 minutes 22.667 seconds.
competed since 2003. In 2008, she became the youngest Junior World
Champion, at age fifteen.Hansen has been competing since 2003. She
would practice luge in California by riding a skateboard down hills on
her back. In 2008, at the age of fifteen, she was the youngest-ever
Junior World Champion. She has been on the United States National Team
since 2007, and she finished 16th in the women's singles at a World
Cup event in Calgary on November 21, 2009. Hansen won the USA Luge
National Championship in October 2013 with a broken foot. In January
2014 she was the U.S. Olympic Committee's athlete of the month. She
finished 10th place in the Sochi 2014 Olympics.Hansen appeared in the
Olympics for the first time at Sochi 2014, where she had a 10th-place
finish with a time of 3 minutes 22.667 seconds.
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